Table 5.
Factors associated with treatment outcome of tuberculosis among children with TB attending Treatment in selected health institutions in eastern Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 2,002).
| Variables | Treatment outcome | Crude odds ratio (95 % Confidence interval) | Adjusted odds ratio (95 % Confidence interval) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Successful = 1774 (88.6%) N (%) | Un-Successful =228 (11.4%) N (%) | ||||
| Sex | Male | 1,074 (87.5) | 154 (12.5) | 0.74 (0.55,0.99) | 0.71 (0.53,0.96)* |
| Female | 700 (90.4) | 74 (9.6) | 1 | 1 | |
| Age (in years) | 0–4 | 450 (87.4) | 65 (12.6) | 0.72 (0.4,1.2) | 0.74 (0.44,1.24) |
| 5–9 | 616 (88.5) | 80 (11.5) | 0.8 (0.49,1.31 | 0.86 (0.52,1.42) | |
| 10–14 | 496 (89) | 61 (11) | 0.84 (0.51,1.41) | 0.85 (0.51,1.42) | |
| 15–17 | 212 (90.6) | 22 (9.4) | 1 | 1 | |
| Residence | Urban | 1,723 (88.5) | 224 (11.5) | 0.60 (0.22,1.69) | 0.63 (0.23,1.77) |
| Rural | 51 (92.7) | 4 (7.3) | 1 | 1 | |
| Types of TB | SPTB | 153 (92.2) | 13 (7.8) | 1.84 (0.99,3.39) | 1.72 (0.93,3.19) |
| SNPTB | 1,091 (89.1) | 133 (10.9) | 1.27 (0.95,1.71) | 1.26 (0.94,1.70) | |
| EPTB | 529 (86.6) | 82 (13.4) | 1 | 1 | |
| Category of TB | New | 1,769 (88.6) | 227 (11.4) | ND | |
| Re treatment | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | |||
| HIV sero status | Positive | 84 (82.4) | 18 (17.6) | 0.54 (0.31,0.92) | 0.51 (0.29,0.90)* |
| Negative | 809 (88.1) | 109 (11.9) | 0.85 (0.64,1.13) | 0.86 (0.64,1.14) | |
| Unknown | 881 (89.7) | 101 (10.3) | 1 | 1 | |
*p <0.05; ND, not done.